Display-frame



(No Model.)

J.G.PALMER.

DISPLAY FRAME.

I Patented Apr. 12,1898.

A Tram/Er THE Nomus PETERS c0. PNOTO-LITflO" WASHINGTON. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH C. PALMER, O-F NORWICH,- CONNECTICUT.

DISPLAYF-FRAM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,099, dated April12, 1898. Application filed August 12, 1897. Serial No- 648.-077. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH O. PALMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Norwich, in the county of New London and State ofConnecticut,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDisplay- Frames, which improvements are fully set forth and described inthe following specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawlngs.

This invention is in the general class of display-frames commonly usedin stores to exhibit goods of various kinds. Devices of this class areused with perhaps the greatest advantage in dressing show-windows; butthey may also be utilized in other parts of a storeas, for example,behind and above counters. i

My immediate purpose in this present invention is to provide a simple,cheap, andnovel preferably overhead or suspension frame, so arrangedthat those parts which support the goods to be displayed shall becapable of adjustment in any direction and to any points withinthelimits of the complete device.

In the drawings annexed hereto, Figure l is a perspective view of adisplay-frame of my newly-improved'form-in its simplest form, showingsaid frame suspended from a ceiling. In Fig. 2 I have illustrated,chiefly in central longitudinal section, certain telescoping rods,forming important elements of my invention,

' and the brackets by means of which said rods vided with a plug 9that-is drilled to receive' the screw 6, and said plug is free to swivelon said screw. I have already stated that the collars d are free toslide on the ways 0 c, and

it will now be obvious that because of the ex.

tensible feature of rods g g the collars d may be adjusted upon saidWays to change the position and angle of said rods relatively to theways. (See dotted lines, Fig. 1.) Upon the telescoping rods g g I haveprovided loose collars h h, to which are secured pendent rods is k, thatare connected in anysuitable man clamped to bars m or, to the pendentrods 70, I

thus making it possible and easy to display efiectively all classes ofgoods. Because of the Wide range of adjustment provided in theextensible rods 9 g, loose collars d, and loose collars h a floating oruniversal movement of the pendent rods It (in a horizontal plane) may bereadily attained even when the bars m are trimmed with goods. Forexample, the said bars may be moved until they are very close to theWindow proper and parallel therewith, or they may be adjusted to anydesired angle to said window. 7

. To prevent the separation of tubes 9 g when they are drawn out totheir greatest extent,

I provide within the smaller tube g a bar orwire n, one of whose ends issecured in one of the plug-sections g the other or free end of said Wirebeing provided'with a head or enlargement n, as seen in Fig. 2. The freeend of said tube g is filled with-a plug 0, that is perforated to'allowthe wire at to slide freely therein. When the tube-sections g gare extended to their greatest capacity, the head a .of the wire engagesthe plug 0 and prevents the complete separation of the tubes.

In very long but narrow windows it is sometimes desirable to support theways 0 c at one or more points intermediate the brackets 17 b. This I doby means of small rods 1), that are screwed into said ways and into theceiling, and when such supports are used I cutaway the upper portion ofthe collars d, as at d, Fig. 3, so that said collars may slide freelypast the supports; or the same result may be reached by slotting theunder side of the Ways 0 c longitudinally, as in Fig. 4:, and thenslipping inside said ways a slider s; or, if preferred, a track formedof two parallel bars to may be suspended from the ceiling by brackets v,and sliders to may be provided with T- heads, adapted to ride upon theupper edges of said parallel bars, as seen in Fig. 5. Thus it Will beunderstood that the details of my display-frame may be varied to meetthe varying conditions under which said frame is to be used.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. The herein-describeddisplay-frame, embodying overhead ways, telescopic rods extending fromone Way to another and having swiveled connections therewith, andfloating article-supporting rods slidably mounted on said telescopicrods, whereby said article-supporting rods have a universality ofadjustment in horizontal planes, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described display-fra1ne,consisting of thesupporting-Ways,collars slidably mounted thereon, the telescopic rodsextending from Way to Way and swiveled at their ends upon said collars,the articlesupporting rods extending at an angle with said telescopicrods and slidably mounted thereon at one end, and the bar connecting theother ends of said article-supporting rods together.

3. In a display-frame, the combination with the supporting-ways, and thecollars loosely mounted thereon, of the plugs swiveled upon saidcollars, the telescopic tubes attached to said plugs, a perforated plugWithin one end of the smaller of said tubes, and a Wire or rod in saidsmaller tube, said wire or rod extending through said perforated plugand having an enlarged free end designed to engage the same when thetubes are extended to their full limit, substantially as described.

4. I11 a display-frame, the combination with the supporting-Ways, meansbetween the ends thereoffor supporting the same, and the collarsslidably supported by said Ways, said parts being relatively constructedto permit said collars to slide beyond said Way-supports, of thetelescopic rods having a swiveled connection with said collars, and thearticle-supporting rods carried by said telescopic rods, substantiallyas shown and described.

JOSEPH C. PALMER.

\Vitnesses:

FRANK H. ALLEN, ALONZO M. LUTHER.

